Toronto Soccer Issue
The tens of thousands of soccer fans who will descend on Toronto this summer for the six World Cup games our city is hosting may not think of Toronto as a soccer city. Even many Torontonians likely don’t think of their city that way. But in fact Toronto has a long history of soccer deeply embedded in its communities, and in recent years the sport has grown increasingly prominent.
That’s why, in advance of the event, we decided to dedicate an issue to soccer in Toronto, to let the world, and also Torontonians, know that Toronto is a soccer city. Our instinct was confirmed when our call for pitches generated so many compelling proposals that we decided to dedicate the entire issue to soccer.
For those readers who are not themselves soccer fans, know that the issue is as much about the city as about the sport. It will be of as much interest to those who love Toronto but know little about soccer as to those who love soccer but don’t know Toronto. Either way, we hope you will discover a whole layer of the city you didn’t know about before.
